jeffywestcoast, I'm not sure who I will vote for at the moment (other than it will not be the cons) but I have hard time squaring the meme above about the NDP guaranteed to run Canada into financial ruin. First off, they have yet to hold federal power so it's tough to say what will actually happen if and when they ever do. Second, when in power provincially, they have actually done quite a lot better in terms of balancing the books than either the Liberals or Cons.
Here's another article that just came out today to back that up -
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/tob...fiscally-responsible-record-any-federal-party
You can search for others and will find the results are the same. I'm not saying that the NDP will immediately produce surplus's if elected but let's face it, the Cons have just come off MASSIVE decicits over the past 6 years and finally barely balanced their latest budget on the backs of massive cuts and a sell off of assets (GE stock, gov't property, etc). Can you honestly tell me that the Cons have done a good job with our federal coffers? 6 straight deficits with massive cuts to gov't spending (infrastructure, health, social, etc).
Cuts in spending don't necessarily mean fiscally astute. At the end of the day, people should be concerned about their overall happiness, health, wealth, etc. Countries in Scandinavia, for instance, spend a TON on gov't programs but they still manage balanced books with higher taxes and, guess what, they seem pretty damn happy according to all reports... happiest people in the world in fact. There are a lot of ways to run a country and I think the Cons have scared people into thinking that they are the only ones able to do it well, despite their record. Cuts, cuts and more cuts is short term thinking and we will all be paying for it soon enough as our infrastructure is degrading along with our healthcare systems, our environment, etc. Long term thinking is not common among politicians however and often not common in voters either. I hope we all start thinking a little more long term as we are leaving our kids quite the mess to deal with at the moment.
We are going to have to agree to disagree on this one bud .. Im not a harper fan either but are you seriously considering this guy ?
it is no surprise to anyone that the oilfields run by outside investment, there are Billions & Billions invested there...
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